And so I am finally home, at this ungodly hour. I have to awake at 8am, to do a weekend surveying job...Shitty, yes. Dislike these kinds of approaching people, putting myself out in the open kinda jobs. Just too shy for it, makes me feel uncomfortable. Alright, most of you will be "What?! You shy?!" I get that a lot, really. But let's just say, the ones that really know me, know how shy I can be. However, I have no choice but to drag my sorry arse down to town this weekend. I am way too broke. Brought myself on a shopping spree this week, and boy, were Liza and Mabel shocked to see the closet shopaholic in me escape. Nah, I'm rarely like that, I don't blow money on shopping ... more on taxi fares, food, and drinks, ha. Well, twas all in the name of retail therapy. I am hungry. Should I resort to food therapy soon? Ahhh ... the woes of burnt pockets! Dang.

Met Jill today after months of hiatus. Was so thrilled seeing her, my Hainanese sister. But what really interested me was the first thing she said when she saw me ... "Why you machiam sad like that?" And I was taken aback. I have never had any friend say that to me upon the first 4 seconds of meeting up! Then throughout dinner, she commented that I look haggard, she can tell that I'm sad, and what-have-yous. Am I really? I'm not sad la.

Then Bee had to say later in the night, that I'm not looking too good. Hmmm! What's up with my friends ... perhaps they just haven't seen me in a long while. That must be it. Most friends say I have lost weight ... how could it possibly be? It is realistically impossible. Why? Because I just returned from a 19-day trip in Europe. Pasta, potatoes, rice, carbo! Oh dear, a sudden realisation just hit me. Maybe, just maybe ... I am finally starting to age. Physically. That explains the 'look so sad', 'look so haggard', 'not looking too good', 'lost weight' phenomena.

Now the ageing, turning 21 haggard not-so-fat anymore girl needs to rest her throbbing head.

"Captured effortlessly, that's the way it was,
Happened so naturally, I did not know it was love ... "

-->Chaka Khan - Ain't Nobody<--

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